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Fiji Health act amendment bill to curb COVID-19 breach tabled in Parliament

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Fiji's Public Health Amendment Bill 2021 has been tabled in Parliament today. Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, said the amendment to the Public Health Act is...

Fiji PM: No need for a state of emergency

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There is no need for a state of emergency to be declared, Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama told Parliament Wednesday. He was responding to SODELPA...

Pacific countries set to sign onto new international integrity commitments

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Pacific countries have the opportunity to bring their strong regional commitments on anti-corruption to this week’s United Nations Special Session of the General Assembly...

We won’t allow corruption to continue unchecked: UN Assembly president

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UNGA President, Ambassador Volkan Bozkir of Turkey
The effects of corruption are “detrimental to all of society”, the President of the UN General Assembly said on Wednesday during the first day...

United Nations General Assembly holds special session against corruption

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The United Nations General Assembly Special Session against corruption began at the UN headquarters in New York today with strong calls for the redoubling...

Sustainable Waste Actions to make a difference in our Pacific

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Solutions for sustainable waste actions in used oil management, marine debris and disaster wastes will be in place across the Pacific islands through a...

OPINION: Focus on reducing barriers to private sector success, Cook Islands PM says

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A recession is not the time to cut government spending, it is a time when government is expected to front up and stimulate the...

Pandemic shocks: Fiji Reserve Bank

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The recent pandemic shock will further affect fiscal revenue collections and increase expenditure commitments of the Government, forecasts the Reserve Bank of Fiji. In its...

China Navigation comes out in favour of Marshall Islands’ carbon tax proposal, readies first sail-assisted newbuild

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China Navigation is to sign for a revolutionary sail-assisted newbuild this month as part of a package of green measures announced today. The Swire subsidiary...

Simply no scenario’ where humanity can survive on an ocean-free planet

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The world must harness “clear, transformative and actionable solutions” to address the ocean crisis, the President of the UN General Assembly said on Tuesday,...

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Pacific civil society calls for IPCC climate reports by 2028

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The Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) is calling for all three reports under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Seventh Assessment Report...

World Bank targets 800 million jobs gap as young people enter workforce

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The World Bank Group is stepping up efforts to mobilise private investment and expand job creation, warning that about 1.2 billion young people will...

Call for Expression of Interest (EOI) J-PACT Media Anti-Corruption

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Six grants of USD$2,500 available to Pacific journalists The Journalism for Anti-Corruption and Transparency (J-PACT) project is inviting expressions of interest from individual Pacific journalists,...